People gathered yesterday to sing a few songs from Tesla’s time, raised a flag in his honor, and even released a flock of birds – a reference to the scientist’s love of pigeons. The venue was the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe, the same site where Tesla once built a 187-foot transmitter tower to experiment with wireless electricity. In the future, the museum will be home to Tesla’s inventions, along with a “hacker lab” where people can build prototypes of their own inventions.

In a blog post about the donation, Inman expressed his heartfelt gratitude to Musk, “from the deepest wells of my geeky little heart: thank you. This is amazing news.” He also points out that Musk plans to build a Tesla Supercharger station in the parking lot of the museum, which seems perfectly fitting. In order to fund construction, the museum will soon be launching an initiative called “Buy a brick for Nik,” which lets people purchase a brick and add their own inscription before it becomes part of the site’s new fabric.